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Hallett Prospect

Past Producer in Kiowa county in Oklahoma, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021979
MRDS ID DE01775
Record type Site
Current site name Hallett Prospect
Alternate or previous names Rattlesnake Mine, Illinois Mining Co. Prospect?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.99675, 34.71816 (WGS84)
Elevation 419
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO 2.5 MI W. OF MOUNTAIN PARK, TURN N. 1.75 MI, WALK 1320 FT W. TO C. OF NW OF SEC. 21-3N-17W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kiowa(county)

Oklahoma(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snyder(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lawton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower North Fork Red(hydrologic unit)

North Fork Red(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oklahoma Kiowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Indian 003N 017W 21 SW OF SW OF SW OF SE OF NW Oklahoma

Comments on the location information

  • RYAN (1936, JULY, SHEET KR-12) SHOWS LOCATION AND GIVES HISTORY OF MR. HALLETT. HALE (1981B, P. 311, 318, MAP) QUOTED RYAN. THE SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1904 IN A DIABASE DIKE, 7 FT THICK, ASSOCIATED WITH TALC, IN PINK GRANITE, STRIKING E-W. THE CITY OF VINITA, OKLA., IS SAID TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED $10,000 TO THIS PROSPECT. A SHORT DRIFT WAS OPENED TO THE NW AT 170 FT, WHERE MINERALIZATION WAS FOUND. AN ARGUMENT FOLLOWED, AND MR. HALLETT WENT TO MEXICO TO LOOK AT HIS OTHER MINES AND DID NOT RETURN. HE GOT INTO TROUBLE AND WAS PUT IN JAIL IN MEXICO FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ONLY WHEN DEMENTED AND DYING WAS HE RELEASED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Ore

Analytical data

Result 5% CU, 3.5% CU, 6% CU, 8.3% CU IN SAMPLES NO. 20, 21, 22, 23 FROM SHAFT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Mount Scott Granite;Hennessey Group
    Rock description Mount Scott Granite;Hennessey Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.99675, 34.71816
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wichita Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mount Scott Granite Intrusion

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form DIABASE DIKE
    Strike E-W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 2.13M
    Depth to bottom 51.82M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diabase Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • AFTER EMPLACEMENT OF MOUNT SCOTT GRANITE, A DIABASE DIKE CUT THE GRANITE, POSSIBLY BRINGING COPPER MINERALIZATION WITH IT. TALC IS ASSOCIATED. THE HENNESSEY GROUP POSSIBLY SURROUNDED THE AREA, AND COPPER COULD HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE HENNESSEY SEA. GILBERT AND MYERS (1986) DISCUSS THE GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer Henry Hallett Or E. Hallett
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1904
Production years 1904

Mining district

District name Mountain Park

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Henry Hallett Or E. Hallett

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 7 FT DIABASE DIKE ASSOCIATED WITH TALC, CUTS GRANITE, STRIKING E-W.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings RATTLESNAKE PROSPECT OR HALLETT PROSPECT OR ILLINOIS MINING CO. PROSPECT
    Area 0.405HA
    Width 2.13M
    Overall depth 51.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL DEPTH 186 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT?

Comments on development

  • POSSIBLY THE ILLINOIS MINING CO. WAS OWNED BY A MR. HALLETT, WHO HAD A MINE ON RATTLESNAKE MOUNTAIN. THE MINE POSSIBLY WAS 130 FT IN OCT. 1904, THEN DEEPENED TO 186 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, M.C., AND MYERS, J.D., 1986, OGS GUIDEBOOK 23, P. 107-116 (P. 108, MAP).

  • Deposit

    WOODRUFF, E.G., 1904, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, 3RD BIENNIAL REPORT, P. 23-36 (P. 32).

  • Deposit

    DE BARR, EDWIN, 1904, OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY, 3RD BIENNIAL REPORT, P. 34-36 (P. 34, 36).

  • Deposit

    HALE, D.K., 1981B, CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 304-319 (P. 311, 318, MAP).

  • Deposit

    WILSON, C.S., 1976, OKLAHOMA TREASURES AND TREASURE TALES, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 325 P. (P. 7).

  • Deposit

    RYAN, EBEN, 1936, WPA PROJECT 65-65-538, SHEET KR-12, KIOWA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, OGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WOODRUFF (1904, P. 32) MENTIONS HALLETT'S MINE, BUT DE BARR (1904, P. 34, 36) MENTIONS ILLINOIS MINING CO. ON RATTLESNAKE MTN. (SAMPLES 20-25). WOODRUFF SAID THAT IT WAS 3 MI NW OF MOUNTAIN PARK. HALE (1981B, P. 311, 318, MAP) HAD AN E. HALLETT SHAFT, 186' DEEP, IN DIABASE DIKE IN GRANITE IN SEC. 21-3N-17W. WILSON (1976, P. 7) MENTIONED THAT HENRY HALLETT (NOT E. HALLETT) OWNED THE RATTLESNAKE MINE.
Deposit DIKE IS POSSIBLY VERTICAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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